Dikembe Mutombo Fakes Out Nuggets Mascot, Issues Iconic Finger-Wag

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Mar 18, 2014

You're a bad man, Dikembe Mutombo. Eight-time All-Star center Dikembe Mutombo joined several of his former Denver Nuggets teammates and coaches at Pepsi Center on Monday night for a celebration of the 20-year anniversary of the 1994 Nuggets team that stag… (more)ed a stunning and historic 8-over-1 upset of the top-seeded Seattle SuperSonics in the first round of the '94 playoffs. Poor Rocky the Mountain Lion, always getting the short end of the stick from All-Stars past and present. Oh, well I'm sure Deke's going to make it up to the Nuggets' mascot by helping him save 15 percent on his car insurance. Yep still just as cold from a different angle. Not only did the present-day Nuggets wear '94 throwback uniforms en route to a 110-100 home win that snapped the Los Angeles Clippers' 11-game winning streak, but the retired four-time Defensive Player of the Year even got to scuttle another dunk attempt during a break in Monday night's action ... albeit in a slightly different fashion than the brand of rim protection that made him the second-leading shot-blocker in NBA history: If the clip above isn't rocking for you, feel free to check it out elsewhere, thanks to Beyond the Buzzer. Dan Devine is an editor for Ball Don't Lie on Yahoo Sports.

Dikembe Mutombo's not just going to let you dunk on him, Nuggets mascot Rocky (Video)

Eight-time All-Star center Dikembe Mutombo joined several of his former Denver Nuggets teammates and coaches at Pepsi Center on Monday night for a celebration of the 20-year anniversary of the 1994 Nuggets team that staged a stunning and historic 8-over…